Toy telephone



Oct. 12, 1925. 1,603,229

T. R; ARDEN I TOY TELEPHONE Filed Ju1yQ14, 1925 INVENTOR ffiawww 310 7 WQRNEY other, the lugs 11 and 12 engaging the Patented od. 12, 1925.

Application fila 11115 1 14, 1e25, 'Seria1 1\To. ;43, 449;

My invention relates to improvements in toy telephones. g g i -An object of fmy invention 1s to a simple and useful toy. i

A further object of my invention isgto provide a toy telephone having a minimum number of parts. I a A further object of my invention is to provide a toy of the character described which may be produced at small cost.

I accomplish these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is an elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a vertical section- Figure 3 is a View of the blank from provide:v

V which the head section is produced, and

Figure 4 is a view of an optional form of the device.

7 Similar characters refer to similar parts,

throughout the several views.

My improved toy preferably includes a cylindrical standard 1 mounted on a base 2, With a transmitter 3, a bell 4, hook 5, and receiver 6.2111 in simulation of a well known form of the telephone instrument.

The head section of the device is prefer- "ably constructed from the integral blank illustrated in Figure 3, and includes a cap portion 7, a hook portion 5, a transmitter support 9, and a bell support 10 all of which are cut out and bent'over' as hereinafter'described.

The transmitter support 9 includes a pair of integral counterpart leaves 11 and 12 joined at their base and having lugs 13, 14 to engage and carry the transmitter 3. Y

The hook portion 5,includes:a pair of prongs 15, 16 joined at theirbase and having a bracket section 17 l I The bell support 10is a strip extending from the cap portion}, 7

.The cap portion 7 isprovided with a peripheral margin 7 adaptedto be bent over to clasp the upper edge of the cylindrical.

a standard 1.

The leaves name 12 fthe transmitter support 9 arebent over a't'right angles to the cap portion 7 and are folded on thelines 11 and 12 to lie in parallel'relation to each seats 7 and 7 respectively of the cap portion 7.

j The hook section 8 is folded on the lines a U-shaped hook resembling the receiver hook of a telephone instrument of the usual type. I

The bell vsupport 10 is bent over and I arched to seat thelug 10 in its seat 17 in the standard 1, and is provided with apertures 18, 19 whereby the bell 4,,may be attached in any desired manner.

The said blank forming the head section is preferably stamped out, as above described,.and folded in a'single operation by means of a'suitable machine adapted to perform the operation.

THoMAsnAYMoNn A EN,; F"muse ms, 'NEW YORK, Assienon "ro JULIUS I preferably use with my device a bell 4 which maybe sounded by means of a shaft 20provide'd'with a button 21 and normally I held inits extended position by means of a spring 22. The shaft 20 travels in a'slot 24 preventing its rotation and which, provided with a; special end section 23, operates a.

. rotating clapper 25 bymeans of a slot 26 therein, 'a lug 27 being provided in the bell to causethe clapper to strike and sound the bell;

An optional form] of the device is illustrated inFigure 4 in which the bell 28, of the type above described, is sounded by means of a shaft 29 extended through the standard 30 and engaging an arm 31 on the moveable hook '82. In this form of the de-' vice the several parts jand the arrangement 7 thereof are similar to that above described but the head section is formed without the- 1 hook portion 8 shown in Figure? Having thus, described my invention,

what I claim is: y

' '1. In 'a'toy telephone, a blank of sheet materialhaving' a cap, a support extending from the periphery of said cap substantially at right angles thereto and means on said cap and support for locking them together in said angled relation.

, 2. In a, toytelephone astandard, a'cap on -the standard,;an arcuate bell support connected to said cap andstandard, abell thereon, a plunger journaled thru saidbell and in said standardand said support,'clapper meanson saidplunger adjacent said bell whereby the bell maybe rung. V

3. In a; toy telephone, the combination of, a standard, a cap on said standard, an arcuate bell-support formed integrally with I said cap, means to lock said support tosaid standard, .a transmitter substantially in the plane of said'support, a receiver support f formed integrally with said cap and extending substantially at right angles to the plane of said bell support.

. 4:. In a toy telephone, the combination of 5 a standard having a cap, an 'arcuate support formed integrally with said cap, a lug 0n the end of said support engaging said standard, a bell fixed to said support substantially concentric therewith, a shaft hav- 1 ing one end thereof twisted to form a spiral,

said shaft being slidably mounted in said support and said standard, clapper means mounted on said spiral Within said bell, a button on said shaft and a spring means, surrounding said shaft betwe'en said button 16 and said support. Intestimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this 13th day of July, 1925. 1 v

THOMAS RAYMOND ARDEN Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent N 0. 1,603,229, granted October 12, 1926, upon the application of Thomas Raymond Arden, of Forest Hills, New York, for an improvement in Toy Telephones, Were erroneously issued to Julius Ohein, of N ew York, N. Y., as assignee, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to Elizabeth H. Uhez'n, of New York, N. K, ede'cutm'w of said Julius 07min, deceased, as shown by the records of assignments in this ofiice; and that the said Letters the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of November, A. D. 1926.

[SEAL] M. J. MOORE,

Acting C am/mission of Patents, 

